Ben's Blog
JANUARY 26, 2021
. – with Zoran Basich In the second segment (12:58) , we had a quick chat with a16z Managing Partner Scott Kupor about the recent decision by the SEC to allow the issuance of new shares via direct listings on the New York Stock Exchange. Previously direct listings were limited to the sale of existing shares.
Scott Edward Walker
APRIL 9, 2012
In other words, investors loan money to a startup as its first round of funding; and then rather than get their money back with interest, the investors receive shares of preferred stock as part of the startup’s initial preferred stock financing, based on the terms of the note. Why Can’t a Startup Issue Shares of Common Stock to Investors?
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Up and Running
JULY 20, 2015
Most transactions relating to the sale or purchase of property, equipment, or other non-current assets are included in your investing activities, as are any expenses tied up in mergers or acquisitions. Next, you need to consider your gains and losses on any sales of assets made during the pertinent reporting interval.
Up and Running
MAY 26, 2015
When I was a child, my family and the other families in our neighborhood held annual summer garage sales. For every yard sale, I’d buy bottled lemonade, bake several batches of cookies and brownies, and set up shop. It was a great way to get the community to work together, and of course weed out a little of the inevitable clutter.
Scott Edward Walker
MAY 15, 2012
In other words, in the event of the startup’s “acquisition” (which is often broadly defined to include a merger, change of control or sale of substantially all its assets), the maturity date of the note would be accelerated, and the amount of the loan, plus interest, would become due at the closing of the acquisition.
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